Ornamental material and shoe made therefrom



:Dec. 17, 1935. PARLANT'E ORNAMENTAL MATERIAL AND SHOE MADE THEREFROM,Filed Nov. 12. 1934 upper material Patented Dec. 17, 1935 UNITEDprimarily for shoe uppers.

STATES ORNAMENTAL MATERIAL AND SHOE MADE THEBEFROM Frank Parlante,Brooklyn, N. Y. I

Application November 12,- 1934, Serial no. 152,550

4 Claims. (01. 66-170) The present invention relates to shoes and shoeOne object of the invention is to provide a shoe formed thereinmaterial.

having an ornamental pattern during the process of making the Anotherobject of the invention is to pre-form at least part of the shoe upperduring the process of making the material whereby it is unnecessary tocut the material into the desired shape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe in which at leastpart of the upper is crocheted.

A further object of the invention is to provide at least part of theupper of a shoe with a novel ornamental material comprising intertwinedor crocheted textile lacquer.

The above objects of threads coated with a suitable the invention andother objects ancillary thereto will best be understood from thefollowing description nection with the accompanying In the drawing: Fig.1 is' a side present invention;

considered in condrawing.

view of a shoe embodying'the Fig. 2 is a plan view of a shoe upper blankin flat form before it is attached to the sole, and showingapartoithecounter strap in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is-an enlarged view of a portion of the crocheted material,showing the threads approximately twice Referring to the drawing hereshown,

their actual size.

in detail, the shoe, as

is a ladys shoe and comprises a sole ill of leather or other suitablematerial, a heel i2, and an upper constituted by a front vamp l4,provided with a strap portion it, provided with strap l6} and a heel andcountera releasable fastener 2b slidably received within an opening 22formed by a folded over portion 23 of the strap it. While the shoe hereshown is of the openshank tyne. it will be understood that the inventionis not restricted to a shoe of this'type but may be embodied generallyin shoes of other types and styles.

In describing making the shoe according tion, reference will be had theupper material utilized in to the present invento the blank of uppermaterial shown as a vamp portion ll, in Fig. 2,

but it will be understood shape of the of the shoe or a the entire upthe same way. As upper material comprises that, except for the blank,other portions of the upper single upper portion constituting r of theshoe, may be made in here shown, the blank of the crocheted threads 24intertwined in such a way as to produce a finished perlpheraLedge 26which defines the shape of the blank, which preferably correspondssubstantially to the shape of the part of the shoe for which the blankis employed. Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, the blank is in the form of thevamp of an openshank shoe and the shape of this blank is such that itmay be secured to the sole of the shoe without any other shaping orcutting operations. In crochetingthe vamp H, or other part of the shoeupper, the ornamental pattern may be varied to a considerable extent,and if desired spaced openings 28 may be formed, and said openings mayextend transversely of the vamp in the areas indicated by the dottedlines 30. The strap 16 may be formed by crocheting the same integrallywith the edge portion 26 of the vamp It.

The threads 24, which are crocheted into the material of the shoe upperare textile threads coated with a suitable lacquer which will notdetract substantially from their flexibility. I prefer, however, toutilize a coated thread known as Halemore coated cord which may bepurchased from Maynard H. Moore Jr., Inc., of Everett,

This threador other thread which Massachusetts. 1. prefer to utilize incrocheting the present upper material is of circular cross section andconsists of a linen thread coated with a lacquer of the desired color.Also in crocheting the shoe upper according to the present invention,the crocheted 30 material may comprise portions of contrasting colorswhereby to enhance the ornamental efiect produced by the use of thepresent material. The coating on the threads is preferably lustrous.

In ma the shoe, after the upper has been crocheted it is stitched wrongside out to the-sewing lip (not shown) of the sole, according to thewell known method of making turned shoes, the

stitching (not shown) passing through the edge portion 26 of the upper.Instead of securing the crocheted blank to the sole directly by thusstitch-' ing the edge portion to the sole, a strip of suitable material,such as upper leather or fabric may be stitched at one edge to said soleand at the other edge to the edge the shoe is turned, the heel attached,and the other finishing operationsare performed in the usual way. Theshoe may. of course, be made by any well known process other than theturn process. If desired a lining of any suitable material may beapplied to the crocheted. material.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it willbe understood that the invention can be embodied otherwise than asspecifically disclosed herein. Therefore, I do 26 of the crochetedblank. Then 45' vLetters Patent is:

saidupperhaving not wish to be limited to the precise construction videa closely crocheted portion for firm attachshown, exceptasinayberequired by the appended ment to a sole and also to provide anexposed claims and the prior art. l closely crocheted trimming adjacentto the role.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by 3. A preformed ornamentalshoe upper comprising crocheted lacquer-coated 1. A preformed ornamentalshoe upperoonsistsaid upper having an inner zone of ornamental ingwholly of crocheted lacquer-coated textile Open work crochet, and aclosely crocheted pethreads, said'upper having an inner zone ofornaripheral zone, said last zone being wide enough mental open workcrochet, a closely crocheted to provide a closely crocheted'portion forfirm atzone at the free edge thereof forming a. finished tachment toasole and also to provide an exposed 1o edge fortheuppen-andacluselycrocheted periphclosely crocheted trimming adjacentto the sole. 4 cm! zone, laidlast zone being wide enough to pro- 4. Apreformed ornamental shoe upper comvide a closely crocheted portion forfirm attachpr sing c oche ed textile r ads havi a w ar resistingcoating, said upper having an inner zone of ornamental open work crochethaving 1 spaced openings and a closely crocheted peripheral zone, saidlast zone being wide enough to provide a closely crocheted portion forfirm sttach'ment to a sole and also to provide an exposed closelycrocheted trimming adjacent to the 8018. M

FRANK PARLANTE."

2. A preformed ornamental shoe upper comprising crocheted lacquer-coatedtextile threads, an inner zone of ornamental open work crochet, aclosely crocheted zone at the free edge thereof forming a finished edgefor the upper; and a closely crocheted peripheral zone, said last zonebeing wide enough to protextile threads.

